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09 March 2023, Merida, Mexico – Together with airport executives, and civil and aeronautical authorities, CIFAL Merida has met in the city of Merida Yucatan, to review with specialists from the National Hurricane Centre, and renowned meteorologists, the processes of preparation of airports for their immediate reopening in case of being impacted by a tropical cyclone.
As happens every year, before the start of the hurricane season in the Pacific and the Atlantic, ASUR's Merida International Airport, through CIFAL Merida, convenes the eighteenth edition of the international ...
9 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – In partnership with Europe Foundation (Georgia), UNITAR has established its 32nd CIFAL centre in Georgia, which will offer a range of learning opportunities on artificial intelligence, social inclusion, and effective governance to facilitate knowledge-sharing between government officials, leaders, and civil society members from the Caucasus region.
“We will contribute to the CIFAL Global Network by bringing new thematic areas. We want [these themes] to bring not only partners from our regions, but also universities, and practitioners tha...
22 October 2019, New York, USA – UNITAR jointly with the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) hosted 50 Academic Fellows from the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). The Fellows visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York to learn about UNITAR’s capacity building initiatives in support of sustainable development and to hear insights from a private sector executive on how to build partnership to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
YSEALI is the U.S. government’s signature progr...
8 June 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - All communities are at risk of emergencies and disasters, including those associated with natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks, conflicts, technological and other hazards. Particularly in the context of increased urbanization and climate change, frequency, severity and impact of those events are crucial. The health, economic, political and societal consequences of these hazards can be devastating for developed and developing countries.
Currently, countries face the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of cases and thousands of de...
June 2020 - All communities are at risk of emergencies and disasters, including those associated with natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks, conflicts, technological and other hazards. Particularly in the context of increased urbanization and climate change, frequency, severity and impact of those events are crucial. The health, economic, political and societal consequences of these hazards can be devastating for developed and developing countries.
Currently, countries face the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of cases and thousands of deaths confirmed worldwide, de...
Matheus Falasco, Director of the Youth Action Hub Curitiba Matheus Falasco, aged 25, is the Director of the Youth Action Hub Curitiba, an initiative of UNCTAD, aimed at empowering young people. Since 2019, he has led efforts to advance the 2030 Agenda, focusing on youth engagement. The Youth Action Hub, under Matheus's leadership, primarily focuses on two main areas. Firstly, it endeavours to raise awareness about sustainable development topics and the 2030 Agenda through tailored online and offline learning courses aimed at young individuals. These courses, named...
5 April 2023, Siem Reap, Cambodia - On March 30 and 31 a successful Training of Trainers (ToT) on the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving was conducted in the Siem Ream province of Cambodia.
This third ToT, taking place at 10 Makara High School brought together 22 core trainers from law enforcement officials, university professors, teachers, youth advisors, and Cambodian Red Cross leaders of youth clubs in the Siem Reap province. The two-day event was hosted by CAMSAFE and UNITAR with the support of Pernod Ricard Cambodge and the participation of...
1 June 2023, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with the Dominican National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT), keeps pursuing its efforts to raise awareness, change attitudes, and ultimately reduce the number of alcohol-related road crashes in the Dominican Republic with the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving.
Alcohol consumption continues to be a significant factor contributing to road traffic crashes and injuries in the country. According ...
Title: Entrepreneur
Country: Nigeria
Training: Ogoni Women Livelihood Programme
Ogoniland is a territory in the Rivers State of the Niger Delta region, Nigeria – the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world. It is also home to many different ethnic groups, including the Ogoni people, an agricultural and fishing society that has lived there for over 500 years. Organized in close-knit rural communities, the Ogoni are closely connected to their land and water resources. Nevertheless, Ogoniland is less known for the attributes described above and more infamous for de...
14 June 2023, Nassau, Bahamas – UNITAR delivered a workshop on its Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit in the framework of the 11th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress in Nassau, Bahamas held from 13 to 16 June 2023.
This year’s Congress “A Roadmap to a Safe, Inclusive, and Resilient Transport System" aimed at bringing solutions and discussing best practices to address the common challenges that the region faces, from road safety to climate resilience to the infrastructure needs that a new and electrified vehicle fleet will demand. The Congress gathered governmen...